Dasar tindakan afirmatif Malaysia yang dituju kepada ‘anak-anak buminya’ atau ‘Bumiputra’ bertujuan membasmi ketidak-saksamaan. Namun sebagai akibat, rasuah diperbolehkan dan jurang di antara darjat sosial semakin meluas.
Indonesia telah mengungguli semua tetangganya di Asia Tenggara dalam kebebasan dan rangking demokrasi, namun demokrasinya jauh lebih rumit daripada yang diasumsikan.
Indonesia has outperformed all its Southeast Asian neighbours in the freedom and democracy rankings, but its democracy is far more complicated than many assume.
Despite the latest push by Cambodia to send its domestic workers abroad, labour rights advocates say the women being shipped off to countries notorious for abusing migrant workers still aren’t adequately protected.
Banyak berharap kebebasan yang lebih demokratis di Myanmar dibawah National League of Democracy (Partai Nasional Demokrasi) kepemimpinan Aung San Suu Kyi , namun para jurnalis telah belajar menerima kenyataan pahit bahwa keadaan tidak akan membaik.
Sudah 55 tahun sejak Operasi Coldstore, sebuah operasi besar yang dilakukan kepolisian pada Februari 1963 dimana lebih dari 110 aktivis, serikat pekerja, mahasiswas dan politisi ditangkap dan ditahan tanpa diadili terlebih dahulu di Singapura.
Sementara tindakan keras terhadap Rohingya berlanjut di negara bagian Rakhine, Rohingya di Yangon telah maju melawan keterangan yang salah dan mempromosikan perdamaian.
Malaysia’s affirmative action policy for its “sons of the soil” or Bumiputra was meant to address inequality, but has ended up enabling corruption and widening disparities between social classes.
Many expected more democratic freedoms in Myanmar under Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy, but journalists have learnt the hard way that things are not getting better.
55 years after Operation Coldstore in Singapore, we photograph and talk to former detainees about their experiences.
As the crackdown against the Rohingya continues in Rakhine State, Rohingya in Yangon come forward to combat misinformation and promote peace.
Media literacy has emerged as one of the ways with which Singapore can tackle “fake news”. But how are Singaporeans’ taught media literacy, and how does the country’s political context and top-down education model make an impact?
Perusahaan seperti Oriflame menjanjikan penghasilan yang besar kepada para wanita di Indonesia dari rumah mereka sendiri. Namun untuk mencapai mimpi itu ternyata tidak semudah seperti yang sering mereka lihat dalam iklan video ataupun brosur Oriflame.
Some are considering spoiling their votes in the 2018 election to protest a lack of real political change.
Pengundi muda memberi impak besar terhadap pilihanraya umum 2013 di Malaysia. Tetapi ramai yang mengatakan bahawa mereka akan merosakkan undi mereka dalam pilihanraya akan datang untuk membantah ketiadaan perubahan politik yang benar.
Dorongan terburu-buru untuk merubah hukum pidana Indonesia warisan zaman penjajahan menimbulkan kekhawatiran mengenai hak asasi manusia dan kebebasan berekspresi.
Các mạng xã hội như Facebook giúp người dùng mạng Việt Nam tiếp cận với những nguồn thông tin bên ngoài vòng kiểm soát của nhà nước. Liệu chính quyền đang thua cuộc, hay liệu sân chơi mạng xã hội sẽ thu nhỏ với người dùng mạng trong tương lai?
Perang berdarah Duterte melawan narkoba di Filipina mungkin telah mengangkap perhatian seluruh dunia, namun retorik di balik ini semua bukanlah hal baru di wilayah Asia Tenggara.
A hasty push to amend Indonesia’s colonial-era Criminal Code raises concerns about human rights and freedom of expression.
Companies like Oriflame promise Indonesian women financial success from the comfort of their own homes. But achieving that dream can prove more difficult than advertised.
